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Mr. Holt, who grew up on the West Side, became a jazz legend in the 1960s and ’70s playing in a number of groups. He also played a regular gig at the East Bank Club for 20 years until the pandemic lockdown.

The suit, filed Thursday in federal court, claims the land is meant for public housing and protocols weren’t followed before the deal was inked.

John D. Murphy, a former Augustinian priest, isn’t on any public list of abusers. The attorney general’s investigation didn’t name him. The Archdiocese of Chicago settled claims over Murphy but doesn’t include him on its list. And his Catholic religious order hasn’t named abusers — but said…

Pedestrians in Chicago are being cautioned to maintain a safe distance from the falcons after a man was struck on the head resulting in a laceration to his head

Bantamweight champion Sergio Pettis is happy with big Bellator tests. Next he gets featherweight champ Patricio "Pitbull" Freire in Chicago.

Go for the headliners, but stay for these local up-and-comers worthy of their own spotlight.

Officers were dispatched to the scene around 8:20 p.m. Thursday after a ShotSpotter detector picked up gunfire as a group of people shot at another group in the 4200 block of South Wells Street, police said.

Whether Vandersloot’s tenure in Chicago needed to end as abruptly as it did might not ever be answered.

Taylor Swift performs three sold-out shows at Soldier Field this weekend. Doors will open at 4:30 p.m. for the 6:30 p.m. performances on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

A pair of peregrine falcon parents are raising three chicks along Chicago’s busy Wacker Drive, and beware to any pedestrian who ventures too closely to their nest

Chicago P.D. star Patrick John Flueger shared photos from his London trip following the show's big cliffhanger.